I love Prof so much. Him and Ren are all I listen to. Both have overcome a lot. Prof is known for his funny songs, but I do love it when he's vulnerable like this and gives us insight into his past. Louisiana is my other favorite. Thank you for this reaction.
I dont know why but it seems most of Ren’s fan enjoy Prof as well and vice versa. I discovered them some years apart so I cant really linking them 2 together but god I was dying with hapiness the moment I know they’re gonna collab🥹
@Spencercf614 in trying to spread Prof so bad. He deserves all the flowers. I've loved seeing Ren's rise and being a part of that, and I want the same thing for Prof! He is criminality underrated!
im happy you are listening to THIS version of this as well. ALL of his live videos he releases capture the emotions (anger/sad/pain/happy/goofy/gangster) so much more clearly and loudly! Prof is a great artist and great musician. Much love!
I think with Prof, you need to see both. Louisiana is one where you get a different experience between the video clip and the live performance… but both need to be experienced to complete the picture. With his goofier stuff, like Squad Goals or Horse, the video clips complement the live experience in different ways… but I feel are necessary pairings all the same.
I heard Prop speak about this song and it was directed at his mother and 3 sisters, who at least up until that time, refused to talk about and deal with the family history and issues. He said something to the effect he was throwing a bomb into the situation, not knowing what it would bring.
This is why prof is one of the greatest artist out there because he puts all out there....seeing his live , I cried he cried such a powerful song I've been through so much and feel it ...wish I could express myself like him..I'm bottled up but he helps me so much
Excellent interpretation, what seems a voice of hope, reason and strength can often in reality be a voice of fear and abandon. Sometimes it feels as though the only way to feel better would be not to feel at all
Prof’s father set their family home on fire when he was a teenager. His dad was apparently a very smart businessman, and was very intelligent, but he was very violent and explosive. I wanna say he mentioned he was bipolar, and maybe schizophrenic? (Not 100% positive on the schizophrenia). His dad passed away. He talks a lot about never getting that validation from his father, and how he never got to “prove” to him that he made it, so to speak.
And as I remember reading it somewhere, his parents divorced because his father was abusive and his mother took his 3 sisters with her only, Prof got to stay with his dad and it was tough for him physically and mentally also
He is absolutely sharing an intimate moment with us, _as_a_performer_. I am not saying that he is not being genuine, but he is balancing the investment of emotion with the knowledge that the camera is THERE, and, most likely, a teleprompter is THERE, and lights and crew members are over THERE. If he is looking down, it may be because he needs a moment to refocus on the music. It would be easy to read something into his physical language when it really stems from a combination of wanting to express things AND make sure he hits all the notes the way he wants to AND trying not to flub the words (because endless retakes of this would be brutal). I like Prof a lot, and I admire his combination of rap and singing and manic humor and hard truths, but even the most intimate of performances are not 100% true catharsis. I say this as a singer, as a performer in classical music and jazz and musical theater. When you know you have a tender or tragic moment to share musically, you have to balance your emotional investment with the practicalities of performance. I know it looks like a purely emotional expression, but that is the genius of performers. Judy Garland, who had a similar talent for this, was still reserving some of her focus for the technical aspects of performance, while making it look effortless.
There are artists who speak a truth and when it resonates with the listener, that's a way of feeling heard or having a bit of understanding. It's important for both the creator and all of us who will listen and build an understanding. I appreciate the careful and sensitive method of your analysis.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Holly. I do find it quite challenging sometimes to balance general psychological concepts and the persons actual experience that they are singing about as obviously I have very little context about them, and I would hate to seem like I was minimising what they had been through. It’s good to see that I am coming across as sensitive.
@@TherapistReactsOfficial explaining that you have little context at the beginning was a good start, then being open to offering additional interpretations is a nice thing I've seen you do. Kudos
I believe the woman is the personification of his ambition. I really don't hear "her" encouraging him to end it. Prof tells the story of the house fire in Myself, and his dad's violence in Tough Boy. He's really doing well now, though. His last album made him a lot of money and he's close with his family even if he did write this song to try to light a fire under his mom and sisters as far as just talking about stuff.
I just wanted to agree that Tough Boy and Myself are the next two songs Also, that Prof and his mama were in the house when his dad went into the basement and prof left the house after arguing with his father then when he returned, the fire was fully engaged His father went to prison and died before he was able to make any closure with him
Thank you for this reaction I don’t understand how Prof isn’t at a million subscribers minimum. Prof and Ren just did a track together it’s called “Pain Salesmen” Both these supremely talented guys have been thru much in their lives, I respect them both 🙏
As someone who grew up in a similar home situation, my take on, "give me one more vulnerable moment," is Prof demanding to understand the frame of mind of two parents who failed to recognize what their dynamic was doing to their children and why they weren't given some sort of security. My mother and I are effectively estranged because she can't or won't give me that vulnerable moment.
His eyes being fixed straight ahead, while not necessarily focused on anything - is often called "The 1,000 Yard Stare"... it comes from trauma, a lot of folks with PTSD have it, a lot military vets.
I belive the voice in Prof's head in this song is trying to manipulate him. To let him live with depression and hardship for longer. "The manipulative demon", if you want. Prof mentions that the voice in his head is "holding a hammer over my head", which in theory hope wouldn't do. Hope is good.
Keep up the great work I discovered you like a month ago and I love your videos I would love for you to react to self talk by parker jack (I think it's using the music of Jocelyn Flores by x) And also the artist boy with uke
You're pause around the 15:00 mark... Prof's about halfway through his song and he's still looking like it's something he doesn't want to go through with.
I almost wish you know some background so you could see it is his Mom and sisters in the back seat, ignoring the abuse and telling them its all good just ignore the past.
I think his mother has mental health issues."Papa say better bring someone to be safe” his sister “it ain’t going to change, stay in your lane” walking on eggshells? I think his father died early and maybe the family had to endure an unstable mum in poverty?
